An accelerated timetable has been proposed for clearing the Merrimack River mouth and using the sand to rebuild eroded beaches on Plum … By Victor Tine (newburyportnews) [mappress] Source: newburyportnews, August 23, 2010;
MONTHS ago it was stated, capital dredging would be carried out soon in all rivers of the country ‘to revive the lost waterways’ by … (nation) [mappress] Source: nation, August 23, 2010;
A major one-off dredging program for the Tamar River was announced today by the state government… (examiner) [mappress] Source: examiner, August 23, 2010;
Choppy weather during the past week could push rehabilitation work on Petoskey’s breakwater a bit beyond its earlier-projected completion… By Ryan Bentley (petoskeynews) [mappress] Source: petoskeynews, August 22, 2010;
Japanese companies Mitsui O.S.K Lines, Nippon Yuen and Itochu have announced planes to build a containership terminal on the outskirts of… (bairdmaritime) [mappress] Source: bairdmaritime, August 21, 2010;
As our readers know, we have had significant concerns regarding Louisiana’s oil protection sand berms which have been constructed under the auspices of protecting the coast from oil. In drafting comments responding to Louisiana’s request to continue with and expand the project, we discovered thatin
The effort to dredge the blocked Bailong river in Zhouqu County of northwest China’s Gansu Province is making progress… (english) [mappress] Source: english, August 21, 2010
The considered thoughts of seven independent scientists about how best to proceed with the dredging of PCBs from the Hudson River generate… (timesunion) [mappress] Source: timesunion, August 21, 2010;
An ambitious project to dredge the 13 rivers crisscrossing the capital has been delayed to early 2011 from a previous deadline of late this year, pending the release of funds from a foreign loan, Governor Fauzi Bowo said on Thursday. The Jakarta Urgent Flood Mitigation Project is being funded by a $
The federal government is determined to fast-track the completion of the dredging of the lower Niger River, the resuscitation of the Ajaokuta Steel Company, as well as the resuscitation of the National Iron Ore Mining Company, in Itakpe, Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday. Speaking while delivering an
The cost of dredging the Rewa River, which is frequently prone to flooding, is $8.9million… (fijitimes) [mappress] Source: fijitimes, August 20, 2010;
The port of Maputo, in Mozambique, would see an estimated investment of around $800-million over the next five years, said Grindrod Freight… By Irma Venter (engineeringnews) [mappress] Source: engineeringnews, August 20, 2010;
The Hernando Beach Channel dredging project is in trouble again. Big trouble. Expensive trouble… By Barbara Behrendt (tampabay) [mappress] Source: tampabay, August 20, 2010;
The pilot project for the long term removal of sediment from the Crocodile River inlet into the Hartbeespoort Dam, as part of the Harties Metsi a Me Programme, started on Monday and is due to be completed tomorrow. This is the next step in implementing an operational project which seeks to assess wa